Improved roofing-machine



N. PETERS, PHOTO-LITHOGRAWIER, WASHINGTON. D C.

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To ALL WHoM -I'r MAY coNoERN:

Be it known that I, JAMES H. COLE, of Adrian, in the county of Lenawce,land State of Michigan, have inventeda new and improved Machine for Making Roofing; and I dohei-ebydeclnre that the following. is afnll, clear,and exact description of the construction andoperation of Athe same, reference boingv had to the annexed'drawi'ngs, making a part of this specification, in which- I Figure 1 is a longitudinal section.

FigureZ, a. top view.

Figure 3 is a perspective view of the roller B.

Figure 4 isa perspective viewvot the guide J.

This invention is designed as an improvement upon: the devicerecently patented by Edmund- Richardson and AJames H.' Cole, for aprocess for making roofing, and machines for the same; .and consists .in ysupporting the rolling-instrument employed in said process by an arm, which reaches to and travels upon ways overhead,

so that the'operator can' travel alongside of. the instrument, andidirect the same.

lu the drawings, represents therolling-instrument' referred to above, and vean'sistingloi the rollers .B and.

C, Ythe frame D, and the arm E. v F F represent parallel ways arranged overthe beds G G, in which the sheets of roofing are made, and-supported by a't'rame`H H. The top of the arm E is provided with two trucks or rollers e e, which rest and travel on the'ways F F',isupporting, in this manner, the armv E, and the greater part, if not all, of the'weight of the rolling-instrument. The ways may be so attached to the frame H thatthey can be moved slightly up or down, to enable Ythe roller B to be adjusted in relation to the bed over which it travels. Two beds G G, -and two sets of ways F F,may bel provided, the two sets4 of ways being connected by curved ways at one or both ends, as seen at II, so that the instrument will travel round fr'omone bed to the other without stopping. The operator will walk alongside of the rolling-instrument, guiding it by hand, during the process, by means of the frame D, which, if necessary, maybe provided with projecting handles for his convenience. J is a lose attachable and detachable guido, over which the felt runs ywhen the machine is in operation. It is stationed at the end of the bed, as seen in iig. 2, and holds th'e felt in position, enabling it to feed accu-v rately during the process. It' the felt is-started properly, as it will be by the use of-this guide, it will run perfectly true, while without the guide it will be liable occasionally to run -o'- on one `side or theother.

l In order-to stilll further diminish the chances of the felts running o, I provide guide-coll`ars ortlanges c c, et each end of the large rollerybetween whclf the felting must run when the machine is in'operation. These `collars may be separate pieces or rings aiiixed to the roller, or the latterA may'be madefslglitly smaller along the bearing-surface than at 'the ends, leaving solid shoulders or rings c c at the extremities, as shown in the drawings.'

This apparatus could be employed with any kind of motive-power, beingnslavailnblowitlrsteam, water, or

horse-power, as by hand. There will ordinarily be no advantage, however, in employing great power, as the machine must move slowly, and hand-power will answer every purpose.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is 1. Supporting and guiding the rolling-instrument A, by'means oi' `the ways F F, substantially ns and for;l the purpose. set forth.

' 2. The guide J, when applied at the end of the bed G, substantially as and for the purpose described.

To the above specification of my improvement. I have signed my hand, this eleventh day of Mnl-cl, 1868.

' JAMES H. COLE.

Witnesses: i y

N. K. ELLsWonrH, Cass. A. PETTIT. 

